Hi Thelma >From the Trent Navigation Co Gauging Tables: name, no, owner/master, year M Glover, 1258, master, 1825 M Glover, 1258, owner, 1825 R Glover, 1046, master, 1818 T Glover, 520, master, 1812 W Glover, 815, master, 1815 J Murfin, 365, master, 1807 J Murfin, 365, owner, 1807 J Murfin, 520, owner, 1812 J Murfin, 760, owner, 1814 J Murfin, 760, previous owner, 1814 Cromford Canal Permits name, ref no, permit no, boat no J Glover, B44, 480, 1258 J Glover, B44, 634, 1258 The boat no '1258' appears in both the above records, as you can see. Keep up the good work with the 1881 census. Helen -----Original Message----- From: ThlmMry@aol.com [mailto:ThlmMry@aol.com] Sent: 23 February 2002 14:28 To: Helen.Jones@rotherham.gov.uk Subject: Canal Site Hello Helen, as you are pobably aware I am listing canal boatmen from the 1881 Census. However I have "lost" my boatmen ancestors long before this. aroundf1840/1860. If you have anybody named GLOVER or MURFIN/MIRFIN in your book I would be so glad to hear from you. REgards Thelma